Search for man missing from Staten Island Mall

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police are conducting a full-scale search for a 50-year-old man who went missing from the Staten Island Mall today at about noon.

The man -- whom police say has severe mental retardation and is incapable of finding his way home -- stands about 5-feet 2-inches tall and is wearing a black shirt, a hat and blue sweatshirt, according to radio reports.